{"id":62625,"date":"2025-03-12T21:20:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T01:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=62625"},"modified":"2025-03-12T22:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:24:09","slug":"genesee-county-e911-dispatchers-temporarily-working-out-of-old-jail-genesee-county-manager-talks-about-time-and-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/03\/12\/genesee-county-e911-dispatchers-temporarily-working-out-of-old-jail-genesee-county-manager-talks-about-time-and-space\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/E911 dispatchers temporarily working out of old jail; Genesee County manager talks about \u2018time and space\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Mike Pettinella
For Video News Service<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time and space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Genesee County Manager Matt Landers didn\u2019t hold back when talking about the quandary the municipality is in when it comes to finding enough room for his employees to work most efficiently and effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other words, Landers needs a bit more time<\/em> to figure out how best use \u2013 or not use \u2013 the county\u2019s building space.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(File photo-Genesee County dispatch)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Video News Service on Wednesday evening contacted Landers to find out why E911 dispatchers — who normally work out of the Genesee County Sheriff\u2019s Office on Park Road — were performing their duties at the former backup dispatch center in the front part of the old county jail on West Main Street in the City of Batavia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Landers said that at least twice a year the emergency dispatch team \u201chas to go through and test the backup 911 center to make sure that it\u2019s ready to roll for them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He then referred to an email from Frank Riccobono, the county\u2019s director of Emergency Communication, indicating that dispatchers will be working from the backup center due to maintenance work (at the Park Road building) that requires the temporary shutdown of the building’s boiler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Landers said dispatchers will be at the former dispatch center only until 7 o\u2019clock on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(File photo of new Jail on West Main Street Road)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked why the backup E911 center at the new county jail on West Main Street Road in the Town of Batavia isn\u2019t up and running yet, Landers said that it wasn\u2019t ready due to the communication towers not being operational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah, the jail was operational (last July) but the backup 911 center wasn\u2019t complete when the jail opened,\u201d he said. \u201cOnce the towers are fully up \u2013 maybe in a couple months, then it will be in service. Then, they won\u2019t have to use this one (at the old jail) anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(File photo of old jail)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHAT TO DO WITH OLD JAIL BUILDING?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Landers then provided information about the status of the old jail building, which features an historic structure on West Main Street \u2013 superbly renovated to the tune of $3 million-plus last year \u2013 and a circa 1980 facility (that housed the cell blocks) behind it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said offices in front currently are being used by the county\u2019s public defenders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have the public defenders\u2019 overflow who are working there while the (former) Engine House (Restaurant building) is being renovated,\u201d he said, adding that some employees of the district attorney\u2019s office will be moving there as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Landers estimated that move to take place in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As far as the former cell block area is concerned, Landers said facilities\u2019 department employees are working out of that area at this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The future of the former county jail is up in the air, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to be awarding an RFP (request for proposal). It\u2019s going to go to committee at the next Public Service meeting with the Public Works\u2019 department,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s a capital planning\/building study analysis RFP that\u2019s being awarded \u2013 looking at all of our capital buildings to see where we can potentially merge and\/or shed some of our space.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked if the options were either selling it or repurposing it, Landers said yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t demo it,\u201d he said. \u201cWe could demo the back end \u2013 the addition that was put on \u2013 but the rest of it is historical so there\u2019s no taking that down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(File photo of Brisbane mansion\/currently City of Batavia Police Department)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Landers said he is open to ideas, noting that the county is in position to market it in light of the fact that the city is seeking to unload the Brisbane Mansion next door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re trying to be smart with the buildings that we have and if we could find a possibility of shrinking our footprint, we would,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Landers said he wishes the Genesee County Court Facility at West Main Street and Ellicott Street was bigger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe court facility should have been three or four stories tall,\u201d he offered. \u201cBasically, I’m dealing with the fact that the space we have is not enough for the staffing that we have. And the staffing that we have is reflection of the either the crime that’s out there or the mandate coming from New York State of what our staffing needs to be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the county received a grant for $1 million towards an elevator at the former Engine House, which is a stone\u2019s throw from the court facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Mike PettinellaFor Video News Service Time and space. Genesee County Manager Matt Landers didn\u2019t hold back when talking about the quandary the municipality is in when it comes to finding enough room for his employees to work most efficiently and effectively. In other words, Landers needs a bit more time to \u2026<\/p>\n

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